Services for Underprivileged Groups, Remote Townships and Communities 

Youth Volunteer Team

CSU students have formed a Youth Volunteer Team, which provides after-school guidance for underprivileged students at “Squirrel Home” (a family service station in a local community set up for disadvantaged children). This team also guides seniors in Zhongshan New City in Fengshan, Kaohsiung to engage in rehabilitation exercises and participate in entertainment activities.

Digital Study Buddy Program

The study buddy team which was formed by students and faculty members of CSU departments/institutes and the Center for Teacher Education espouses the principle of life education by personal experience through personal guidance. The Digit Companions for Learning (MOE) aims to provide remote companionship and guidance for elementary and junior high school students (little study buddies) to enhance their learning outcomes. In 2022, targeted primary and secondary schools in Kaohsiung City included Wenxian Elementary School, Hunei Junior High School in Hunei District, Taoyuan Elementary School and Zhangshan Elementary School in Taoyuan District. Adaptive, lively, and highly interactive learning contents have been tailored to the needs of “little study buddies”. SDG concepts, current issues, and career exploration have also been incorporated in the one-on-one curriculum. Since the adoption of this program in 2012, over 1,000 students in remote areas have benefited from our services and our efforts have been recognized with “Outstanding Study Buddy” and “Outstanding Homeroom Teacher” awards held by Ministry of Education for seven consecutive years.

“Home Sweet Home” Initiative

We organized a “Home Sweet Home” summer camp in the Ulaljuc Tribal Community, Pingtung, in the context of the Higher Education Sprout Project of the Office of Academic Affairs. The goal was to inject learning resources into this community in form of an active and creative summer camp activity for children to achieve joint learning by young and old and enhance family learning capabilities. This activity also created an opportunity for participating students to get in touch with indigenous culture and gain a first-hand experience and increased familiarity with multicultural teaching approaches. They also developed a deeper understanding of research directions and application capacities in the fields of multicultural teaching and family functions through personal participation in community services.

Residency and Guidance Conditions for Incubation Center 

We established our Incubation Center to provide assistance to technological innovation-oriented SMEs. The goal is to effectively integrate our capabilities in the fields of commerce, management, engineering science, technology diffusion, and information science through standardized industry-academia collaboration channels. The Center provides resident businesses with consultation and guidance services in the fields of technological innovation and R&D, business services, management training, funding, and technical support. 179 businesses spanning various industries including industry and business consultation services, computer software services, environmental health and pollution control services, and product design were incubated in the period from 2016 to 2021. In 2022, 9 physical and 13 virtual businesses resided in the Center.

CSU Incubation Center Service Scope

Incubated Enterprise in 2022 – Imaginative & Joyful Workshop

In 2022, the Incubation Center submitted an application for the CSU Youth Entrepreneurship Incentive Program through the Kaohsiung Youth Bureau Subsidy Program for Startup Incubation Organizations and Youth Career Development Activities for the establishment of the social enterprise named “Imagine & Enjoy Workshop” in cooperation with the Youth Bureau. In addition, numerous startup consultation courses had been organized to provide students and faculty members with professional expertise in the fields of industry analysis and company operations while launching their business. This startup opportunity aimed to integrate the business application capabilities of CSU students and faculty members and demonstrate our active commitment to cultivating the rising number of new immigrant and indigenous industries, thereby fulfilling our social responsibility.

Organized 10 Professional Consultation Courses

We offered free consultation courses for startup teams to strengthen their ability to analyze international industries and equipped them with the professional expertise required for company operations. It was ensured that participating teams had sufficient time to engage in interactions and exchanges with industry instructors in a flexible manner.

Participation of 2 Large-Scale Exhibitions

Cooperating with local businesses in the Neimen District had been enlisted to participate in the 2022 Kaohsiung Food Show and 2022 Meet Greater South X 5G AIoT Expo to raise the visibility and increase brand awareness of startup teams.